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2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,300. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

3Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and 

not an abandonment, trail use/rail banking and 

public use conditions are not appropriate. Likewise, 

no environmental or historical documentation is 

required here under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and 

1105.8(b), respectively. 

64601, 64681, 65236, 65286, 64643, and 

64659. 

Motive Rail has certified that: (1) No 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic on the line to be rerouted; (3) no 

formal complaint filed by a user of rail 

service on the line (or by a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the line either is pending with the 

Board or with any U.S. District Court or 

has been decided in favor of 

complainant within the 2-year period; 

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 

1105.12 (newspaper publication) and 49 

CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to 

governmental agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

discontinuance of service shall be 

protected under Oregon Short Line R. 

Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on March 

27, 2007, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues and 

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 2 must 

be filed by March 5, 2007.3 Petitions to 

reopen must be filed by March 15, 2007, 

with the Surface Transportation Board, 

1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20423–0001. Filings made after March 

5, 2007, should be sent to the Board’s 

new address: Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to Motive Rail’s 

representative: Charles H. Montange, 

426 NW 162d Street, Seattle, WA 98177. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 16, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, 

Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–3146 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Allowance for Private Purchase of an 

Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a 

Government-Furnished Graveliner for 

a Grave in a VA National Cemetery; 

Republication 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice; republication. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

(VA) is republishing this notice due to 

an administrative error in the published 

version. This notice replaces the notice 

that was published February 15, 2007 at 

72 FR 7513. 

Public Law 104–275 was enacted on 

October 9, 1996. It allows the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to 

provide a monetary allowance towards 

the private purchase of an outer burial 

receptacle for use in a VA national 

cemetery. Under VA regulation (38 CFR 

38.629), the allowance is equal to the 

average cost of Government-furnished 

graveliners less any administrative costs 

to VA. The law provides a veteran’s 

survivors with the option of selecting a 

Government-furnished graveliner for 

use in a VA national cemetery where 

such use is authorized. 

The purpose of this Notice is to notify 

interested parties of the average cost of 

Government-furnished graveliners, 

administrative costs that relate to 

processing and paying the allowance, 

and the amount of the allowance 

payable for qualifying interments that 

occur during calendar year 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl 

Lockamy, Budget Operations and Field 

Support (41B1C), National Cemetery 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420. Telephone: 

202–273–5162 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 38 

U.S.C. 2306(e)(3) and (4) and Public 

Law 104–275, Section 213, VA may 

provide a monetary allowance for the 

private purchase of an outer burial 

receptacle for use in a VA national 

cemetery where its use is authorized. 

The allowance for qualified interments 

that occur during calendar year 2007 is 

the average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners in fiscal year 

2006, less the administrative costs 

incurred by VA in processing and 

paying the allowance in lieu of the 

Government-furnished graveliner. 

The average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners is determined by 

taking VA’s total cost during a fiscal 

year for single-depth graveliners that 

were procured for placement at the time 

of interment and dividing it by the total 

number of such graveliners procured by 

VA during that fiscal year. The 

calculation excludes both graveliners 

procured and pre-placed in gravesites as 

part of cemetery gravesite development 

projects and all double-depth 

graveliners. Using this method of 

computation, the average cost was 

determined to be $197.67 for fiscal year 

2006. 

The administrative costs incurred by 

VA consist of those costs that relate to 

processing and paying an allowance in 

lieu of the Government-furnished 

graveliner. These costs have been 

determined to be $9.00 for calendar year 

2007. 

The allowance payable for qualifying 

interments occurring during calendar 

year 2007, therefore, is $188.67. 

Approved: February 9, 2007. 

Gordon H. Mansfield, 

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E7–3136 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am] 

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